by jamieivey | Nov 18, 2013 | Adoption, Guest Post
Five years ago this month I attended an adoption conference in Nashville, TN and my friend Becca was there as well. Several of us drove up from Austin and I'll never forget sitting on the floor with her in a breakout session as we listened to a woman tell her story...
by jamieivey | Sep 4, 2013 | Adoption, Parenting
When we brought our kids home from Haiti we didn't have any close friends that were in our lives that had also brought home children that were older into their families. The friends we knew were like us and had adopted infants domestically. One of the things that...
by jamieivey | May 31, 2013 | Adoption, Domestic, Guest Post
{While I'm on my canoe trip with my brother & Sister-in-law, I have asked a few friends to guest post … Enjoy and show them some love by leaving them a comment of encouragement} Recently many of my friends and relatives have announced they are pregnant. Some...
by jamieivey | Apr 1, 2013 | Adoption, Domestic, Guest Post
I'll be honest… we have no idea when/why we chose to adopt through foster care. We knew that we wanted to adopt, and had no idea where to start. We knew the number of orphans was growing in our own city, and thought to ourselves, “Why wouldn't we start...
by jamieivey | Mar 18, 2013 | Adoption
I meet a lot of people that are thinking about adoption. Most of them have been moved by someone's story, or a movie, or an event in their life. Some of them have even walked down the adoption journey with friends and God has moved their hearts towards adoption. One...